Bracket



(No Model.)

0. P. 'DOEBLER.

BRACKET,

No. 595,873, Patented Dec; 21,1897.

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CHARLES F. DOEBLER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

B RAC KET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 595,873, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed March 10, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. DOEBLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing in Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Conneoticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brackets, it being as to certain of its features an improvement on the bracket disclosed by my concurrentlypending application, Serial No. 621,283, Med January 30, 1897; and it has for its main object the provision of a wall-bracket in which is combined extreme lightness and more than ordinary rigidity and strength, the several parts of which can be readily stamped from sheet metal at a low cost and can be quickly assembled.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bracket, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

' Similar characters designate like parts in both figures of the drawings.

My improved Wall-bracket is preferably constructed entirely of sheet metal, except, of course, the rivets or other fastening devices that hold the respective parts together, and it comprises in its construction a shelf-plate and a wall-plate connected in any suitable manner, but preferably made in one piece, a main brace connecting the shelf and the wall plates, respectively, and an auxiliary brace disposed transversely to the main brace and connecting the latter with the main members of the bracket at the point of intersection of the bracket and wall plates, and strengthening ribs or flanges preferably integral with the main members of the bracket and with the main brace, the latter also having at its opposite ends extended flat portions, which snugly fit against the adjacent faces of the bracket and Wall plates, respectively, and have openings registering with corresponding openings in the two plates, through which openings suitable fastening devices. may be passed to secure the bracket in position.

The improved bracket is designated in a general way by B, and the shelf and wall plates, which constitute the main members thereof, are denoted by 2 and 3, respectively. The bracket and wallplates are preferably Serial No. 626,731. (No model.)

formed from a single flat strip of sheet metal advantage and transmit the same to the auxiliary brace. The main brace 5 is relatively wide, and for the purpose of adding to its stiffness it will befurnished along its opposite edges with longitudinal strengthening ribs or flanges 6 and 7, integral therewith and curved for the major part of their length to insure further rigidity. The main brace 5 will be secured to the shelf and wall plates at points relatively remote from their angle, and for this purpose rivets are represented at8 and 9, the rivet 8 passing through openings in the main brace and bracket-plate, respectively, and being headed at its upper end, while the rivet 9 passes through similar openings in said brace and wall-plate and is likewise headed.

The auxiliary brace is designated by 10 and is disposed transversely to the main brace and preferably in such a position as to lie in the diagonal line bisecting the angle formed at the junction of the bracket and wall plates, respectively. The auxiliary brace is also stamped from sheet metal and can be made of some fanciful or ornamental design, if desired. The auxiliary brace at its opposite ends is beveled ofi and properly shaped to form projecting lugs 12 and 13, which pass through corresponding holes in the main brace 5 and at the angle of the two main members 2 and 3 of the bracket and are headed.

For the purpose of augmenting the stability of the bracket as a whole the main brace 5 thereof will have at its opposite ends the extended flat portions 14 and 15, which snugly fit against the adjacent faces of the bracket and Wall plates 2 and 3, respectively, and which project beyond the points of attachment of said brace to the two plates.

The extended portion 14. has an opening 1%,which registers with a corresponding openin g 2 in the bracket-plate 2, and the extended portion 15' has a similar opening 15, which registers with a corresponding opening 3 near the lower end of the wall-plate 3, and through these several openings suitable fastening devices can be passed to secure the bracket in position, screws being generally employed for the purpose. It will be evident that such fastening devices or screws not only hold the bracket in place but bind the extended flat portions 14 and 15 firmly against the adjacent main members of the bracket.

The strain applied to the Wall and shelf plates generally being considerable I provide each of these parts with longitudinal strengthening ribs or flanges, preferably integral therewith and at opposite sides thereoffthe ribs of the bracket-plate being designated by 16 and 16 and the ribs of the wall-plate being denoted by 17 and 17, respectively, said ribs being situated intermediate the ends of the respective plates, so that said plates, being, as hereinbefore stated, of sheet metal, are materially strengthened and can better resist the pressures applied thereto. The

strengthening-ribs are cut from the body or stock of the main plates 2 and 3 and are bent up therefrom.

Having described my invention, I claim- A sheet-metal bracket comprising shelf and wall plates in one piece and bent to form an angle, each of said plates having intermediate its ends and at opposite sides thereof longitudinal strengthening-ribs Which are cut and bent up from said parts; a main brace secured, respectively, to said plates at points relatively rem ote from said angle,and curved, said main brace having along its opposite edges longitudinal strengthening-ribs curved for the major part of the length, and also having at its opposite ends extended flat portions which snugly fit against the adjacent faces of the shelf and wall plates, respectively, said extended portions having openings which register with corresponding 0pe11- ings formed in the two plates; and an auxiliary brace transversely disposed to the main brace and having at its opposite ends projecting lugs which pass through openings formed in the main brace and at the angle of the two plates, respectively.

CHARLES F. DOEDLER.

\Vitnesses:

FRED. J. Donn, HENRY BIssnLL. 

